WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

WEMTA 2025 - Ignite and Inspire: Impacting Learning Together

Megan Shaw

G-E-T School District

LMC Director

10:30am CDT

Registration Open BCC Celebration Atrium

11:00am CDT

Author Keynote: Jerry Craft BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft

12:30pm CDT

Author Fair BCC Celebration Atrium Jerry Craft Book Signing BCC Connect CB EastJerry Craft One District‘s Journey Leveraging Library Media Specialist Expertise in Strengthening Diverse Representation in Classroom ELA Instructional Materials Sheraton Wisconsin 3Tanya Arnold • Mindy Grant • Kim Stieber-White Open Books, Open Minds, Open Hearts: School Librarians' Perceptions of Inclusive Children's Literature Hilton Garden Room AJacqueline Liesch Sparking Curiosity: Using Passive Programming to Engage Students in the Library Makerspace BCC Collaborate CMichele Green Tech-nically Speaking: The ABCs of Merging IT Literacy with Elementary Essentials Sheraton Wisconsin 4Amanda Albrecht

1:45pm CDT

Grow a Garden of Resources: Differentiating with AI Sheraton Wisconsin 2Sarah Wendorf IGNITE Your Career with AASL! Hilton Garden Room AKate Olson

3:00pm CDT

Lights, Camera, Action: Engaging Students in Wisconsin History Hilton Garden Room ATina Burkett • Erin Traub • Jone Davis • Susan Gall Pawsitive Impact: Bringing Therapy Dogs to Our School Library Sheraton Wisconsin 7Jennifer Georgia Battle of the Books for All Levels Sheraton Wisconsin 3Kate Olson • Jeff Carpenter

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Buffet & Program Updates BCC Connect CB East

8:45am CDT

Leveling up your Sora promotion - Engage students with digital reading Sheraton Wisconsin 2Quinn Danko Supporting Early Literacy from the Library & TeachingBooks Sheraton Wisconsin 4Kym Davick Updates from the DPI: Everything You Need to Know! BCC Collaborate BMonica Treptow

9:45am CDT

Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

11:15am CDT

Lunch, CSF Check Celebration, & Keynote: Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin BCC Connect CB EastSteve Sheinkin • Ruta Sepetys

1:00pm CDT

Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin Book Signing BCC Celebration AtriumSteve Sheinkin • Ruta Sepetys BadgerLink Resources in the Classroom 2025 BCC Collaborate CJen Champoux TeachingBooks and Sora: Better Together Sheraton Wisconsin 4Quinn Danko • Kym Davick

2:00pm CDT

Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

3:00pm CDT

Augmented Reality in the Library (Attendees receive a free Merge Cube) Sheraton Wisconsin 4Sheri Omernik Library Program Planning: Bringing Life to Your Library BCC Collaborate CMindy Grant • Erin Clark The ABCs of Being an Elementary Librarian Sheraton Wisconsin 2Tiffany Coopman • Jodie Kujawa Implementing a Teacher-led Elementary STEAM Program Sheraton Wisconsin 1Liz Langer • Mike Sindahl

4:00pm CDT

Visit Expo Hall BCC Connect AB West

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Buffet, Prize Announcements BCC Connect CB East

8:15am CDT

Coding Corner: A Librarian's Toolkit Sheraton Wisconsin 3Amy Bires AI is here to stay - What are we going to do about it? Sheraton Wisconsin 4Ashley Knapp

9:30am CDT

Fixer Upper - Season 6, Episode 1 BCC BoardroomJamie Jestadt Getting Started with AI Literacy: Preparing Students for an AI-Driven World Sheraton Wisconsin 2Jodi Pierre CCBC: Great New Books for Middle and High School Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

10:45am CDT

Beyond the Bookshelf: Exploring Author Encounters Sheraton Wisconsin 2Joe Diefenthaler • Jackie Markowski • Jen Wathke Passive Programming in the Secondary Library BCC Connect AB West A3Nicci Verbeten • Ashley Knapp Story Stuffy Kits: Introducing 4K to new friends Hilton Garden Room AErin Wedemeier CCBC: Great New Books for K-5 Libraries BCC Connect AB West A1 & A2Merri Lindgren • Tessa Michaelson Schmidt Creating a Technology Success Pack for New Teachers and Staff BCC Collaborate BTricia Louis

11:45am CDT

Lunch, Awards, and Keynote: Jennifer Casa Todd - Empowering Students to Be Digital Leaders BCC Connect CB EastJennifer Casa-Todd